Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do

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This is from Joshua Gamson’s Sylvester biography. Fwiw, he places it in the context of the growing acrimony between Sylvester and his band:

“Sylvester does not appear on the back of the Bazaar album cover. Instead, there are pictures of the band members, and beneath them their own cryptic inside joke: “Why is the Hot Band smiling? Because they have S.O.M.F.” (“S.O.M.F.” was Hot Band code for Sit on my Face.) On the front is a photo of Sylvester, with long flowing hair, turquoise Indian jewelry, and light makeup. He is not smiling.”

(I tried and failed to upload a photo of the book page with the quote)

breastcrawl, Friday, 14 December 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link

ah thanks bc! so somf in the sense that they've taken advantage of sylvester perhaps? but then the amyl makes no sense

my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Friday, 14 December 2018 10:13 (five years ago) link

It does if “sit on my face” is in the context of eating ass though

sans lep (sic), Friday, 14 December 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link

i don't think so!

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 24 December 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link

Picked up this Loss Leader yesterday...

http://vinylbeat.com/images/gallery/PromoWBcomps/Pro-591---Deep-Ear.jpg

Deep Ear

You really don't want to see the rest of the cover.

Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 24 December 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link

This cover art concept is great (if you get the reference); and the track list looks terrific: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Whole-Burbank-Catalog/master/321050

What’s the final song?!

I just got a copy of this one a few weeks ago and the answer is a stereo recording of a train going though a crossing.

Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 24 December 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link

groovy, lol... looks like a cool album to own, I may seek out a copy.

underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 24 December 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link

Is the waiter unashamedly checking out Freda Payne's ass on that cover?

in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 29 December 2018 06:50 (five years ago) link

I saw so many of these at the record store yesterday, not sure if any of them have cropped up here before but

Mark Farner Band "No Frills"
https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51gpZ4JJt9L._SL500_AA240_.jpg&f=1

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link

Grisso posted "No Frills" this past summer; I somehow failed to notice how much it reminded me of this exchange concerning Leo Sayer's "Endless Flight":

"Endless Flight" should be a picture of him looking at his watch on a commercial airplane

― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Monday, August 4, 2014 4:52 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Passenger next to him is either (a) a buxom, eyelash-batting rocker babe, with Sayer mugging wild-eyed ("can you believe my luck, with this flight being endless and all?") or (b) a yakking grandma, shoving unwanted family photo album into Leo's lap (with other distractions surrounding: shrieking baby, record execs, cigar-smoking mustachioed old money type, etc). However, if photo is really cheap, everyone can just be quietly perusing an in-flight magazine.

― Doctor Casino, Monday, August 4, 2014 5:05 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I feel like there might also be a bell-shaped tourist in an xxxl Hawaiian shirt, his gut spilling over the armrest onto Leo

― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Monday, August 4, 2014 7:17 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

...with an implausibly large sandwich, also spilling its guts.

― Doctor Casino, Monday, August 4, 2014 7:26 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

here's a bigger image for the occasion:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/281858623131-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link

Excellent.

Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link

ah thx, sorry for the repeat post! I was just flipping through the bins and saw it and lol'd

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link

that's actually a good cover

Number None, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link

epitomizes the "just rock 'n' rolling over here" ethos.

visiting, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link

I like how he's using his guitar as a table/tray.

Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link

BRB recording my mid-career slump record "Basic Economy"

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link

Man, I was just going back over this thread and I'm pretty good at coming up with titles for these

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link

it's almost as though

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link

lol

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link

Thought I may have done this one: String Driven Thing - Keep Yer 'and On It

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51AkhGFMaXL.jpg

Hakuna Mutato (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 January 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link

that Mark Farner one is A+

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 January 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link

not an album cover or a pun but I feel this is fitting for this thread

And this one, a truly remarkable piece of promo copy pic.twitter.com/dJCSpjUY2d

— Joe Hagan (@joehagansays) January 8, 2019

flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 05:30 (five years ago) link

Jolden Tarring

andrew m., Tuesday, 8 January 2019 14:48 (five years ago) link

I like how that implies that he does not passionately make love to women.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link

who wears camo + high heels + fishnet stockings

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link

louisiana saturday night

constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:52 (five years ago) link

my current display name could be one

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link

That's a great one, band + album name combo

flappy bird, Thursday, 10 January 2019 05:35 (five years ago) link

https://imgflip.com/i/2qt4s1

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 10 January 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link

good work

obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 10 January 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link

can't wait for Man Alive "Alive Ones" to get reissued

Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 14 January 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51bNWDkBJOL._SY355_.jpg

Eastside Connection - Brand Spanking New!

my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Monday, 14 January 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link

this thread would make a great/awful* spotify playlist

*delete as appropriate

Bênoit Balls (stevie), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link

Good find

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link

killer look

flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link

Oh the youtubes prove the music is just as perfectly October 1984 as the packaging.

eva logorrhea (bendy), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link

longtime listener first time caller

so great

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link

wow repairs is such a brilliantly boring band name.

visiting, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link

Holy shit that is a truly beguiling cover, I am tempted to listen to it on youtube

flappy bird, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link

I believe so.

Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 25 January 2019 11:17 (five years ago) link


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